Mission and evangelisation are two indispensable and inherent tasks of the Church not only in contemporary time but since the time the Church was established, where in obedience to the mandate of Jesus, the disciples were determined to go forth and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that Jesus have commanded (Mt 28:19-20). Thus, we see how the risen Christ sent his followers to preach the Gospel in every time and place, so that faith in him might spread to every corner of the earth. Therefore, as members of a missionary Church, baptised in water and spirit, we are called to confess the Faith in full adherence to the Word of God, celebrated in the Sacraments, and in...

We bring you tidings of great joy! Many of our Chapel Faithful will remember with fondness our Confrere Brother Renoir Oliver, a scholastic of our Congregation, who came here from the Philippines in mid 2013. The purpose of his visit was to gain pastoral experience. In the next ten months, he took a very active part in the life and mission of our Community and he endeared himself to all who met him. He returned to the Philippines as planned in mid 2014 to resume his studies and his journey towards priesthood. This journey came to its glorious conclusion in our Church in Manila on Saturday 4th February 2017. We send our congratulations and best wishes to the newly ordained Fr. Renoir Oliver, SSS, and we assure him our constant remembrance in our prayers. We also congratulate Fr. Renoir’s...

Fr. Rene Esoy, SSS has been appointed as Superior of the Blessed Sacrament Community in Dublin, Ireland. He made his Profession of Faith before Fr. Peter Dowling, SSS, Provincial Superior of the Province of Great Britain and Ireland, at the 11.00 o’clock Mass last May 26, 2016. At the end of the Mass Fr. Rene expressed his gratitude to Fr. Peter and Council for their trust and confidence on him. He assured them that he will try his very best to fulfil his responsibilities as the new local superior of Dublin community. He asked everyone to pray for him. We congratulate Fr. Rene on his appointment. Please keep him in your prayers as he assumes this new set of...

Statement from the Provincial Superior of British-Irish (Sts. Peter and Paul) Province On behalf of the British-Irish Province of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, I thank the reviewers of the National Board of the Catholic Church in Ireland for their work in examining the Case Files of those members of the Province against whom allegations of child sexual abuse have been made, and also, for their assessment of the Child Safeguarding Procedures now in force in the Province. We regret that it is found that some of the criteria for compliance with the National Board Child Safeguarding Standards were not fully met, and we assure the Board that we will implement the Recommendations made by the reviewers as soon as possible. I acknowledge the deep distress experienced by those who have been sexually abused and that it has...